Do you know those blueberries, that are kinda mushy but still kinda taste good? But in the end, they are still mushy? Yes, yes, I’m a picky eater. For me, sometimes it’s more important for what food feels like than taste like. What this have in common with this book? Not a lot, but uff, I did not like the feel of it. So, this book is about a teacher that goes on holidays with her brother and they essentially encounter a dead person in their AirBnB. Which probably isn’t great. Anyways, the owners sister has a boyfriend and said boyfriend has a friend who is a detective turned bounty hunter. They get this man, Myles btw, to investigate the case. And the teacher, Taylor, thinks he’s hot. Which I don’t really get, because the first description we get for Myles? Apparently, he could be homeless. Buuuut… he’s 6’5. So it’s fine. And she’s so here for it. And he thinks he has to stay away because Taylor is a girl you have to marry, not to have a one night stand with. And she wants dudes to be more rough with her in the bedroom, which she thinks he will provide. At one point he compares himself to a tractor and her to a dandelion. Which made me think of Ice Age. Anyways, to sum it up, the first part of the book ? Just cringe. And like… the book is 300 pages long and there are 4 smut scenes within 200 of them. And it’s just kinda insta-love, which I really don’t like. And apparently Myles has some trauma from a case which in the end kinda deflates and it’s really non-existent. The case wasn’t that great either, but the book was kinda fun to read. But the worst thing about this? Every scene (smut-scene) is written in his pov. Every single one. Like, now I really know what it would feel like to have sex as a dude, because it has practically been written down on my forhead. Which I do not appreciate. But yes, thiis pretty much summs up the whole book. Normally, I really enjoy Tessa Bailey’s books, but this was disappointing. But as I said, in the end ? I was not really mad at the book. It’s just meh.

My Killer Vacation is about an elementary teacher named Taylor, who wants to spend a few days on holiday with her brother in Cape Cod. But what no one could have expected is that they would find the owner of the their rented house shot in the head. Taylor can no longer think about a relaxing holiday and wants to find out what happened. But she is not the only one, Miles, who is a Bounty Hunter and who she should be afraid of, has been put on the case. Throughout the book, they investigate the case together despite Miles displeasure as Taylor always brings herself in danger. But not only do they get closer to solving the case, they also get closer to each other… I was very excited when the book finally arrived because I had seen a lot of good reviews about „My Killer Vacation“. I really was looking forward to read a spicy murder mystery. Because who doesn’t like to read a little mystery in autumn? But already after the first few pages I noticed that I didn’t like it. In my opinion, there are too many clichés and too many coincidences right from the start. And because the book has less than 300 pages, everything has to happen pretty quickly. Which you also felt strongly with the two main characters and their relationship. They go from zero to one hundred within five days. You also feel that because of the few pages you only get to know the characters on the surface and that sometimes you are given too little information. I would like to say more about their relationship, but that would spoil too much. I’m sorry to say this, but the murder and the solving of the case were not the main focus of the book. There was a lot about it in the first chapters, but as the book went on, it wasn’t as important as the relationship between Miles and Tayler. In my opinion, the plot got lost as the book progressed and at one point in the book, the smut was more important than the actual story. The promise of a spicy murder mystery book was only half fulfilled. The book was no good for me and I don’t understand all the hype about it on Booktok. At first I didn’t want to finish it, but after a two-week break I finally did. If you want to read this book just for the murder mystery, I wouldn’t recommend it. But if you want to read a light, fast paced, grumpy x sunshine book, this could be the one for you.